Books Mentioned in This Episode

Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire

Episode: 136. The World’s Most Controversial Ornithologist | People I (Mostly) Admire

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.

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The Selfish Gene

by Richard Dawkins

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"The math has supported that for a very long time, but evolutionary biologists are still resistant to it, mostly because many of them grew up reading Richard Dawkins as a teenager, and they feel like their mission in their intellectual life is to rediscover that buzz, and this is the way to do it in birds. So Richard Dawkins is an extremely famous evolutionary biologist who wrote 'The Selfish Gene,' who I think would represent the hardcore adaptation team, the team that you, Richard, are not on, correct?"
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The Selfish Gene

by Richard Dawkins

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"In two weeks, we have an exciting new episode featuring Richard Dawkins, famed author of 'The Selfish Gene' and 'The God Delusion,' amongst others. His name frequently emerges in our discussions, including today’s episode, and I've yearned to meet him for quite some time, which will finally happen in two weeks!"
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The God Delusion

by Richard Dawkins

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"In two weeks, we have an exciting new episode featuring Richard Dawkins, famed author of 'The Selfish Gene' and 'The God Delusion,' amongst others. His name frequently emerges in our discussions, including today’s episode, and I've yearned to meet him for quite some time, which will finally happen in two weeks!"